The Reign & Abdication of Edward.
Bloch, Michael.
Place Published: London:
Publisher: Bantam Press,
Date Published: 1990.
Description: FIRST EDITION. The book is in NEAR FINE condition with small remainder dot on bottom page block. The dust jacket is NEAR FINE with only minor shelfwear. NOTprice-clipped. 219 pages with index plus 16 pages black and white photos. Comes with BRODART jacket cover. Previously unpublished material has been used, illustrated with photographs from the King's private collection This is a hard to find title of one of Michael Bloch's rarer publications. A MUST HAVE for the WE collection. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor...and other curious people. Dust jacket reads: Edward VIII came to the throne in January 1936 and abdicated in December of that year to marry the woman he loved. His subjects idolized him for his modernity, humanity and flair; they greeted his departure with incredulity and incomprehension. His brief reign remains one of the most mysterious, controversial and psychologically complex periods of twentieth -century history. It is an episode which Michael Bloch - who worked for ten years in the Duchess of Windsor's Paris office, edited the intimate correspondence of the King and Mrs. Simpson, and has written three acclaimed best sellers about the ex- King's years of exile - is well fitted to analyse. In this, the first serious and detailed history of the reign to appear for over fifteen years, he explores the King's contradictory personality and motives, traces the closely intertwined courses of his official and private lives, and gives a startlingly original account of the Abdication Crisis which is at variance with the King's own memoirs. The book draws on much unpublished material and is illustrated by fascinating photographs from the King's private collection.
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Cover
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj
ISBN: 0593018990
Book Id: 7981
Price: $35.00
